I'm wondering if anyone has a device that's still on iOS8? I'm just curious to see if that might work for adding friends - I've got an ancient iPad2 that I use as a back-up for my game, and it seems like I can still send requests but I don't have access to another iOS8 device to test whether the other end receives the invite.

Also, I read somewhere that it's possible, in iOS10, to add friends via iMessage or Bluetooth if they're in close proximity, but I can't seem to find any feature/button in-game and in my settings. Anyone have any leads on this? (the post was dated sometime in 2014, but there's an edit at the bottom of the GC section mentioning this)

Game Center still works to save your game to the cloud and any friends you had before iOS 10 was released will still be your friends. But the old method of adding friends (sending a request to a username/email) to GC no longer works.

Even if you are running an older version of iOS friend requests do not go through. You can send them but the intended recipient never receives the request.

AppleInsider wrote:Instead, actions like adding friends or inviting them to a game are handled by individual games themselves, routed through Apple's expanded Messages app.

While there is still a way to add friends in iOS 10 (and newer versions) Firemonkeys have not updated Sims FreePlay to work with this new method.

This topic will be closed. In the event that FM ever decide to update FreePlay to invite friends through the Messages app this topic will reopen.